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Voters in Indian-occupied Kashmir went to the polls on Saturday amid a heavy security presence in the first direct elections in the disputed region since the government stripped its semi-autonomy last year. Under high alert for attacks by Kashmiri fighters, dozens of police and paramilitaries carrying machine guns surrounded each voting station while the army kept up street patrols. Observers …

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